Madcap Manor

I live in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, UK. In 2010 I said to my hubby 'I'm going to make our Christmas cards this year, it's bound to be cheaper!' Yes, I can hear you laughing! I was a Public Librarian Before Children, now I help run a Toddler Club and a Baby Club at my Church, which is so much fun! I love Cricket, reading, cooking and my two adorable grandchildren!

Saturday, 17 March 2018

Happy St Patrick's Day! And many congratulations to the Ireland Rugby Team, who beat England at Twickenham today and attained the Grand Slam!

Here are the rest of the cards I made with the February kit from Love From Lizi. After taking days and days to make these, I have even more respect for the talented crafters who make Youtube videos of '10 Cards 1 Kit.'

Friday, 16 March 2018

Ok, chaps, this is the first of 2 picture-heavy posts recording the cards I made with a kit from Love From Lizi. I'm just going to add the photos of the cards for my records. I was aiming for a '10 Cards 1 Kit' series, as I've seen so many Youtube series, but since I can't count, I made 11!!!

Saturday, 10 March 2018

Good morning! Whan you read this I will be busy helping out with the annual Church Spring Clean! It's a lot of fun, loads of laughter and also CAKE to keep us going!

In the meantime I've scheduled today's post for our new Challenge at My Time to Craft where our theme is Easter or Spring.

In keeping with my New Year's Revolution to USE my kits I have found an image printed on TH watercolour cardstock from Simon Says Stamp's March 2016 kit.

I used Distress Inks to colour the image, then cut round the top edge and layered it on foam pads on a piece of distressed blue paper from stash. The sentiment is also from an SSS kit, and the speech bubble is from an old Paper Smooches set. I added sparkle to the Easter eggs and Glossy accents to the chick's bill and heart.

My watercolouring is slo-o-o-wly improving but still not as good as I'd like. Practice makes perfect!!

Go and see my teamis' lovely creations, and join in the Challenge - SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!

Friday, 9 March 2018

This cutie is Overstuffed Santa by Lacy Sunshine stamps. I love that his toy sack is stuffed with delicious cookies!

All the papers are from an old pad by Kaisercraft, including the sentiment. The glitter trim at the top is made with a punch and I used the trimmings to add to the bottom of the card to give more festive bling!

Wednesday, 7 March 2018

One of my New Year's Revolutions was to USE the card kits that I have amassed over the years! I have been making cards with a kit from Love From Lizi.

I rounded two corners of my base card, added a strip of Versamark ink and gold-embossed, then added a pretty paper from the ket and a gold glitter peel-off.

The gorgeous wooden diamond is gilded, it's much more gold irl. I added gold and white bakers twine from my stash. The sentiment is from a cut-out that came with the kit, I added Glossy Accents to the letters. The star banners are made with a die that came with the kit, backed with gold glitter card. Finally I added sequins.

Not my usual style, (and the photo makes the colours look dull, unfortunately - there's a lot of gold sheen and glitter here!) but I like it!